How would I use a module?

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#1

I recently made a Donator perks UI and I have always been fascinated on how admin scripts and other models have such minimum code, until I found out about modules, I am clueless with them except it stops you from repeating your code, but how would I load a module into a game using require()? I want to use this to load in a Donator perks that you setup with a gamepassid in the loader script.

You can download current donator perks for reference: https://www.roblox.com/library/5233746733/DonateUI

#2

modules basically let you import a bunch of objects into your code, usually they are functions. In a module script, you write a bunch of code and then at the end you “return” something. The vast majority of the time, it’ll be a table which contains multiple functions (so what you are doing in the module script is writing functions for the table.)

Here is an example

--Module script named "ModuleScript" in ServerScriptService
local tableToReturn = {}
function tableToReturn.GetNumberOfPlayers()
    print(#game.Players:GetChildren())
end

return tableToReturn

---------------------------
--Server or local script:

local module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ModuleScript)
module.GetNumberOfPlayers()
--Will print the # of players
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#3

I use modules to fire a bunch of remote events at specific times. I have another script that says to run the module script at a specific time. This is what happens in the live event that I made for July 4 10 AM MDT

local module = {}

module.Main = function()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideCountdown:FireAllClients()
	game.Workspace.LiveEventMusic.Playing = true
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI1:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI1:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI2:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI2:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI3:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI3:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI4:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI4:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI5:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI5:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI6:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI6:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI7:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI8:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI7:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI8:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI9:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI9:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI10:FireAllClients()
	wait(0.5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideChangeJob:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideUser1:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideHealth:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideTopbar:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideRun:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideUser2:FireAllClients()
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI10:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI11:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI11:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI12:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI12:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI13:FireAllClients()
	wait(0.5)
	game.Workspace.BankYeet:Destroy()
	game.Workspace.LiveEventMusic.Playing = false
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI13:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI14:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI14:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI15:FireAllClients()
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI15:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI16:FireAllClients()
	
end

return module
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#4

You can shorten this if it’s one function:

function Main()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideCountdown:FireAllClients()
	game.Workspace.LiveEventMusic.Playing = true
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI1:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI1:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI2:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI2:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI3:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI3:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI4:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI4:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI5:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI5:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI6:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI6:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI7:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI8:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI7:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI8:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI9:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI9:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI10:FireAllClients()
	wait(0.5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideChangeJob:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideUser1:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideHealth:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideTopbar:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideRun:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.WhenUI.HideUser2:FireAllClients()
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI10:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI11:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI11:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI12:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI12:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI13:FireAllClients()
	wait(0.5)
	game.Workspace.BankYeet:Destroy()
	game.Workspace.LiveEventMusic.Playing = false
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI13:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI14:FireAllClients()
	wait(10)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI14:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI15:FireAllClients()
	wait(5)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI15:FireAllClients()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI16:FireAllClients()
	
end

return Main
#5

Module scripts basically will only return one of ANY value, so a function, table ,number etc

#6

I understand modules in that sense, but how would I go about loading in a module with a UI from the library from a loader script inside the game?

#7

This feature is deprecated, so you cannot import a library Module anymore, you will have to replicate it in the hierarchy

#8

I thought you still could as long as it’s not private. Models like Basic admin use modules.

#9

In the UI You would do this: (Local Script)

game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.ShowUI1.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()

script.Parent.Frame.Visible = true

end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent.HideUI1.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()

script.Parent.Frame.Visible = false

end)

And have a remote event for the UI in that spot provided. (game.ReplicatedStorage.LiveEvent in my case)
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#10

No, you cannot anymore, like I said: It’s deprecated

#11

This is what I was trying to achieve in this topic, I’ll set this as a soloution.